John patrikios epi tou Velou and archon tes thymeles (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
ι̅
Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣ Επ.
τουη
λου
Ἰω(άννης) π(ατ)ρί(κιος) ἐπ[ὶ] τοῦ Βήλου
Reverse
Inscription of three lines, a cross below. Border of dots.
..χν
τ.υθυ
μελησ
[ἄρ]χων τ[ῆ]ς θυμέλης
Obverse
Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
ι̅
Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣ Επ.
τουη
λου
Ἰω(άννης) π(ατ)ρί(κιος) ἐπ[ὶ] τοῦ Βήλου
Reverse
Inscription of three lines, a cross below. Border of dots.
..χν
τ.υθυ
μελησ
[ἄρ]χων τ[ῆ]ς θυμέλης
| Accession number | BZS.1947.2.650 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 14.0 mm; field: 10.0 mm |
Translation
Ἰωάννης πατρίκιος ἐπὶ τοῦ Βήλου, ἄρχων τῆς θυμέλης.
John patrikios epi tou Velou, archon tes thymeles.
Commentary
The office of the archon tes thymeles, a financial official in the bureau of the imperial sakelle, appears to have been in charge of imperial entertainments, the successor to the tribunus voluptatum; see Oikonomides, Listes de préséances, 315.